Headlines • Lawyers in Circus Litigation Seek $25M in Fees • USC Jumps Into the Online LL.M. Competition • Toyota Settlement Critics Spared Need to Post Huge Bond • GPS Tracking Requires a Warrant, Third Circuit Rules • The Best of the Plaintiffs Bar • INADMISSIBLE: For Lawyers in EPA Cases, 'Exciting Dilemma' • Munger Partners, Up for Ninth Circuit, Disclose Pay • Justices Kagan, Alito Recusals Adding Up in New Court Term • Justice Department Lawyers Return to Work • Justices Asked to Review Businessman's Search Warrant Dispute Lawyers for the producer of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus want the animal rights groups that unsuccessfully sued the circus to pay more than $25 million in legal fees. It's been more than a decade since the... Read More » The University of Southern California Gould School of Law has become the third U.S. law school to offer an online program that will allow lawyers from around the world to obtain an LL.M. in U.S. law without ever having to step foot on campus. Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Online Certificate Program Nov. 4-Dec. 13, 2013 AUWCL's Online Certificate in International Commercial Arbitration prepares participants with the foundational knowledge and skills to succeed in the complex and ever-changing field of international arbitration. The online courses explore legal principles and practical implications of commercial and investment arbitration. Apply Now. | Objectors to the $1.6 billion class action settlement with Toyota Motor Corp. over sudden acceleration defects won't be forced to post a bond pending their appeals, according to a tentative ruling by a federal judge in California. Read More » Police need to get a warrant before attaching a GPS tracker to a suspect's vehicle, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled. Read More » These 19 firms are at the cutting edge of plaintiffs' work — and are giving defense players a run for their money. Read More » Lawyers are scrambling following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on October 15 to grant review in six separate challenges to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's greenhouse gas regulations. But there's a catch. Plus more in this week's column. Read More » Two Munger, Tolles & Olson litigation partners nominated for seats on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reported earning a combined $1.6 million from the firm during 2012, according to congressional records. Read More » Recusals are a perennial and often mysterious part of life at the high court — mysterious because none of the justices ordinarily explain why they bow out of a case. The court's other justices also take themselves out of cases from time to time, but not usually in numbers seen with Kagan and Alito. Read More » U.S. Department of Justice lawyers across the country will be back in court after an untold number of civil cases were put on hold during the government shutdown. More than 18,000 Justice Department employees, including a significant number of lawyers... Read More » A prominent Washington businessman who is caught up in the ongoing federal investigation of corruption in the 2010 mayoral campaign has taken his fight against prosecutors to the U.S. Supreme Court. The government last year seized more than 23 million... Read More » | 
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